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M. STRAKOSOH. WIRE HEDDLE FOR LOOMS.

Patented Jan. 16, 1894.

INVENTOI? UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE MAX STRAKOSOH, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.,ASSIGNOR OF TWO-THIRDS TO FRANK WOLF AND LEOPOLD SALZER, OF SAME PLACE.

WIRE HEDDLE FOR LOOMS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 513,063, dated January16, 1894.

Application filed April 15, 1893- flerialNo. 470,479. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MAX STRAKOSCH, a subject of the Emperor ofAustria-Hungary, residing in the city of New York, in the county andState of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inWire Heddles for Looms, of which the following is a specification. I

Wire-heddles were heretofore made in which the ends of the wire-blankfrom which the heddle is formed were located in the necktwist of one ofthe end eyes of the heddle, whereby the projecting twists at the outerportions of the end-eyes are dispensed with. Practical tests made withthese heddles however have shown that the three-ply necktwist adjacentto one of the end-eyes is obj ectionable on account of its increasedthickness and its rigidity, the greater thickness of the neck-twiststaking up more space especially when a large number of heddles are usedin a frame, and further, that the necktwists exert a friction on thewarp-threads when they move up toward the thicker necktwists.

The object of my invention is to overcome the foregoing objections andto furnish a wire-heddle in which the neck-twists are made of eventhickness with the body of the heddle, and for this purpose my inventionconsists of a Wire-heddle for looms formed of a closed and endlesswire-blank which is twisted in the usual manner, so that a two-ply twistis formed at the inner end of each end-eye, as will be fully describedhereinafter, and finally pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a side-elevationof theclosed and endless wire-blank, for which my improved wire-heddle ismade. Fig. 2 represents a sideelevation of my improved wire-heddle. Fig.3 is a front-elevation of the same, and Figs. 4 and 5 are side-viewsrespectively of the endeye and the warp-eye of the heddle drawn on alarger scale.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

In making my improved wire-heddle for looms, a closed and endlesswire-blank a is employed which is formed by uniting the ends of awire-blank of the required length either by welding, soldering orotherwise. The ends of the wire-blank may be welded together by the heatof gas-flame, or by the heat of the electric current, or otherwise, sothat the point of joining of the end of the blank can only be discoveredby the practiced eye. The wire-blank a is then twisted in the usualmanner on a machine for twisting wire-heddles, so as to form thewarp-eye a in the usual manner at the center of the heddle by twists aone at each side of the warp-eye a, and the smooth and continuousend-eyes b b by twoply neck-twists b which correspond to the twists a atboth sides of the warp-eye a, as shown clearly in Figs. 2 and 4. By theuse of a closed and endless wire-blank, a wireheddle is obtained, whichhas a number of advantages when placed on the heddle-frame in the loom,inasmuch as it does not increase the thickness of the heddle at thenecktwists of the end-eyes, in which twists heretofore the ends of thewire-blank were stored away, nor are any parts injurious to thewarpthreads by friction therewith.

My improved heddle has also an improved appearance as both ends areperfectly symmetrical in shape, owing to the arrangement of the two-plyneck-twists at both end-eyes, and the even thickness of the neck-twistswith the body of the heddles.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- A wire-heddle, made from a closed and endlesswire-blank and provided with a central heddle-eye and continuousend-eyes,and two ply neck-twists at both ends of the heddleeye and atthe inner end of the end-eyes, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention Ihave signed myname in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

MAX STRAKOSOH.

Witnesses:

PAUL GOEPEL, I H. WILLARD GRIFFITHS.

